LibGuides: Preemption Checking: CILP and Alert Services

Lexis and Westlaw Alerts

After you run a search in Lexis or Westlaw, you can create an alert to email you new results. Just click on the bell icon (In Lexis, the bell is in the upper left, on Westlaw it is in the upper right).

To view and edit alerts,

On Westlaw, click on Notifications in the upper right and select alerts.
On Lexis, click on the 3 dots in the upper right and select alerts.

Lexis Learn has a tutorial on setting up alerts.

Bloomberg Alerts

When you run a search in Bloomberg Law, click on the Create Alert link in the upper left. See the Bloomberg Law Workflow Tools video

You can also subscribe to various newsletters to get new content sent to your email. Click on News & Analysis>Bloomberg Law News, and select a topic of interest. Then click on Subscribe to Newsletter in the upper right.

CILP - Current Index to Legal Periodicals

SmartCILP Alert Service
via HeinOnline. Go to this page and click Create New SmartCILP User (button on the right) to create a new account).
SmartCILP sends you emails listing recently published law review articles on the topics of your choosing.

To edit your SmartCILP preferences, go to HeinOnline, log in and then click on the link in the upper right that says "___'s Profile". From there, you can pick Manage SmartCILP Notifications.